The FTSE Small Caps index is up 0.2 percent in morning trade,outperforming a 0.1 percent gain on the FTSE 100 blue-chip index and a0.1 percent gain on the FTSE 250 mid-cap index.
DP Poland, which has the exclusive right to develop and operateDomino's Pizza stores in Poland, surges 10.7 percent after posting annualresults which show a rise in sales and gross margins.
"2012 was a transformational year for the group and, while it is early days,it would appear that positive momentum is building," Peel Hunt writes in aresearch note.
Sinclair IS Pharma also advances by 5.7 percent after the DailyMail's market report states that private equity firm Warburg Pincus recentlyapproached the specialty pharmaceuticals group with a "friendly" 152 millionpounds ($230.78 million) or 35-pence-per-share cash offer to take the companyprivate.
Xchanging falls 5.1 percent after the technology services companysays it is in talks with the London Metal Exchange (LME) that could lead to themodification or termination of its contract with the LME.
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